| Trouble Brewing | |
| Director: | Anthony Kimmins |
| Music: | Ernest Irving |
| Cinematography: | Ronald Neame |
| Runtime: | 87 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Trouble Brewing is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Googie Withers and Gus McNaughton.[1] It was made by Associated Talking Pictures,[2] and includes the songs "Fanlight Fanny" and "Hitting the Highspots Now".[3] The film is based on a novel by Joan Butler, and the sets were designed by art director Wilfred Shingleton.
George Formby plays George Gullip, a Daily Sun compositor who wins a large sum at the races. He collects three ten-pound notes but, unable to spend them at the bar, exchanges them for six five-pound notes, which turn out to be counterfeit. Gullip is determined to find the criminals and in so doing goes "undercover" as a waiter and a wrestler, before various clues suggest the villain is Gullip's own boss at the newspaper.
TV Guide found the film an "enjoyable Formby vehicle".[3] Sky Movies wrote, "the fun is as fast and furious in this incident-packed George Formby romp as in any film he made...Receipts foamed over at box-offices throughout Britain."[4]